FY21 Topical Tuesday

Thank you for participating in the FY21 Topical Tuesday Webinar series. I look forward to seeing all of you next year for the FY22 Topical Tuesday Webinar series!

This video was recorded at the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. We welcomed Mesa Heise and Scott Schertzer from Mackin to discus curating your MackinVia shelf and curation with Mackin curriculum tags.

This video was recorded during a live session on May 5, 2021. We welcomed Kym Davick from Teaching Books to discuss the latest updates and how this resource can be used with teachers, library, and collection development.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Jon Smith joined us from Book Creator to kick off our Book Creator Pilot program that lasts the rest of this school year. Jon showed PB County Media Specialists how they can use Book Creator for end-of-year projects, yearbooks, and collaborative assignments with classroom teachers.

This was recorded during a live session on April 20, 2021. We discussed our end-of-the-year data collection and methods for running the reports needed.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Carrie Friday, a media specialist from Brevard county; presented Advocacy: Getting a Seat at the Table. Follow Carrie on Social Media; Twitter (@CarrieFriday) and Instagram (@CarrieFriday). You can access the slide deck here

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Helen Zientek and Claire Salmon from BAM! presented about how the festival will be different this year. We were also joined by special guests Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Neal Shusterman, and Erica Perl. This year BAM! will take place virtually on April 10. For more information go to www.BAMwpb.org

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Sabine McAlpine from Thorndike Press presented on Large Print Books and how they benefit our students. We also heard from three Palm Beach County media specialists who piloted this program in their media centers.

This was recorded live during our Topical Tuesday session on 2/23/2021. We welcomed Nick Park from Pear Deck to kick off our Pear Deck partnership. Nick highlighted all the features of Pear Deck available to the media specialists and shared with them how they can extend all the benefits of Pear Deck to their teachers.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Robin Heston from Gale Cengage presented on how to use Gale eBooks with your students, the benefits of using Gale eBooks with your students, and why you might consider adding to your digital collections with Gale eBooks.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Tanya Avrith and Clara Galan joined us to show PB County Media Specialists a brand new curriculum developed. Palm Beach County Media Specialists are the group it was designed for and are the first in the country to try it out. The curriculum can be accessed with this link - bit.ly/pbadobemedia

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. John DeRoo of Follett joined to show PB County Media Specialists how Titlewave can be used to audit their collections for diversity as well as SEL. Download how to directions by clicking here

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. The topic was Destiny Collections

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Jon Smith joined us from Book Creator to show PB County Media Specialists how Book Creator can be used on ChromeBooks in a hybrid environment.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Kym Davick joined us from TeachingBooks.Net how media specialists can use TeachingBooks.Net to conduct diversity audits of their collections and orders.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Jane Cullina joined us from School Library Connection to share the latest updates to the resource.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Larry Wilkner and Chris Michaels joined us from Proquest to launch SIRS Discoverer to the PB County Media Specialists. Click here for slides from presentation.

This video was recorded during the live session of Topical Tuesday on 9/10/20. The topic covered was Destiny Discover. For more information on how to customize Destiny Discover for your school, check out this video from Follett.